A Neolithic flint axehead found at Olendon, Calvados, Normandy, France

A Neolithic flint axehead found at Olendon, Calvados, Normandy, France

Code: 2208

£140.00
Description: A subrectangular bifacially flaked grey flint axehead with a dense grey patina, some iron staining and some recent edge chips, otherwise condition good. Found at Olendon, Calvados, Normandy, France.

Size: 113 mm/4.4 ins. in length

Culture: Neolithic

Date: c. 3500 B.C.

Provenance: Ex F.S. Clark Collection, Woking, Surrey, with his collectors mark.

Background: Mr Fred Clark (1923-2016) ran the Old Curiosity Shoppe, The Quadrant, Onslow Street, Guildford, Surrey, in the 1970’s-1980’s selling a range of collectables. A passionate collector and field-walker, he built up a fine collection of antiquities, notable for British prehistoric items, a significant number of which he obtained through trade with Dr. H.A. Fawcett. Like Fawcett, he was meticulous in documenting his collection, even the most humble tools were catalogued and fully labelled with locality, accession number and his characteristic monogram.